PowerPoint 2010 Basics

By the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:

  • Open and close PowerPoint
  • Understand the PowerPoint 2010 interface
  • Use the backstage view to create a new blank presentation or a presentation from a template
  • Use the backstage view to open files and use the recent list
  • Save presentations
  • Add text to a slide and use content placeholders
  • Add slides
  • Use cut, copy, and paste, as well as the Office Clipboard Task Pane
  • Undo and redo tasks
  • Find and replace text
  • Format fonts and paragraphs with a variety of features
  • Use bullets and numbering
  • Use themes
  • Change the slide design, layout, or background design
  • Add headers and footers
  • Create standard or custom animations
  • Use slide transitions and other advance options
  • Prepare a slide show, including narration and timing
  • Start a presentation
  • Navigate through a presentation
  • Change a presentation pointer
  • Switch to a blank screen in a presentation